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Landmarking not a substitute for zoning

The remarks on demolished College Point landmarks are flawed. The Boker Mansion did not overlook Flushing Bay. It was built in 1855 for Frederick Koenig, a partner with Conrad Poppenhusen in the hard rubber company founded in 1985 in the new village.
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Re-learning socially correct behavior

I believe that there is a tremendous problematic trend across our social fabric in general – in this country and in other countries – of particular concern to us as human and sensitive beings. There is far too much incivility in our everyday environment.
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The undeveloper

Flushing residents will remember Huang as the man who purchased and then nearly destroyed the historic RKO Keiths Theater in downtown Flushing. While the rest of downtown Flushing experience unprecedented growth, Huang held an entire block hostage for mor
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Hip hop violence

Not wanting to offend, York College President Robert Hampton told the participants “Hip-hop doesn’t cause violence, but if we’re serious about violence, we have to work with those at risk.”

Mr. Hampton was indulging in polit
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Inexcusable

As in other years, we know of nothing agreed to in this budget that could not have been agreed to last March. Nothing changed. There was no great battle and there was no great compromise. There was no explanation or clue why this budget arrived on the gov
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Bush leadership contraindicates re-election

In Afghanistan warlords are in control of much of the country.

The interim government has requested NATO troops to ensure free elections. Neither the reconstituted Afghan army nor American led coalition forces are sufficient in number to safe guar
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Free trade is good, but it shouldn’t trample U.S.

However, we should take time to define Free Trade. It should mean the unrestricted flow of goods and services among nations. The truth is that this is absolutely not what is going on. Every one of these Central and South American nations are recipients of
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An uncalled-for response

His letter was in response to a letter of mine which was in response to an article a few weeks earlier about a Baysider who reserved the spots in front of her house with her other car.

I remember Mr. Teran from an earlier letter of mine about the s
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Clean streets lead to clean sands

The fact is that during heavy rains or storms, litter can enter the sewer system through storm drains and end up on our shores.

The Department of Sanitation, together with the United States Environmental Protection Agency and the Departments of Env
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GOP is becoming extinct in Queens

After the 1982 reapportionment, Democrats eliminated the districts of Queens GOP Assemblymembers Rosemary Gunning, John LoPresto, John Flack, Al DelliBovi and John Esposito.

Doug Prescott briefly held a seat in Bayside in the early 1990s but eventu

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